Flying toy.



L. BRIGGS.

FLYING TOY.

APPLIOATXON FILED APR 6. 1909 95 3 ,942. Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

embodying my invention.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I LAFAYETTE BRIGGS, OF DALTON. MASSACHUSETTS FLYING TOY.

To all whom it our concern:

Be it known hat I, TJAFAYHT'IE Bmcus. of Dalton, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improve ment in Flying Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention; relates to improvcun-nts in llying toys, and the object of my invention is to produce uninteresting and simple toy in \vhiclra spring barrel containing a spring used, and in which the flying mechanism has a detachable connection with the sprin barrel so that by a niov ement of the thum or finger, the projectile or flying part of the device may be released to tlte action of the spring and caused to rotate rapidly so that its fans will propel it high into the air.

My invention is intended to provide details and accessories for this so that the sprin can be easily wound and easily re lcasec and so that the whole device can be.

made in simple form and of inexpensive structure.

I am aware that toys have been used having rotatable fans, but my invention is intended to put this principle in a very simle and complete shape so that the toy can )e sold cheaply and yet will be a substan tial and etlicient article capable of operating in a very satisfactory manner.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fi 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of F1 2.

The toy is provided with a s ringbarrel 10 preferably closed at top and ottom, and extending through the spring barrel so as to slide a little, is a tubular rod 1], which, however, need not be tubular except at the top, as will presently appear, and the rod 11 has a cross piece 12 above the spring barrel which enables the rod to'be conveniently turned so as to wind up the sprin 13 which is coiled Within the spring barre and has one end secured to the s ring barrel as shown at 14 in Fig. 4, Whi e the other end is attached to the rod 11. The spring barrel it) has teeth 15 on the upper side, which teeth are ratchet teeth but may be specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled April 6, 1909,

atentc1l Apr. 5, 1910.

Serial No. 488.188.

applied. in any preferred or usual way, and these engage a cross piece or pin 16 which projects through the rod 11. At its upper end which is necessarily hollow, the tube 11 terminates in teeth 17 which are at least two in number, and these engage. the abutment or cross-piece 18 on the stem 19 01 the projectile or flier which comprise. said stem and the blades 20 which radiat ifrom the stem and can be given any we erred configuration. They are arrange like ordinary propeller blades, however, so that when rotated the pitch of the blades will cause them to act on the air in a manner to lift the stem 19. This serves as baliast so as to properly regulate the flight of the projectile, and obviously the part above the cross-piece 18 can be given a'rrvdesired contigu rat ion. 1

\Vhcn the device is to be used the sprin is wound up by grasping the spring barrfi in one hand and turning the rod 11 by means of the cross-piece or handle lit. The rod is held in the right relation to the spring barrel and the spring held wound up bymeans of the crosspiece 16, which I will term a pawl and which engages the teeth 15. The stem 19 is then inserted in the hollow end of the rod 11. To project the device and cause the projectile to fly, the operator simply pushes up slightly with his thumb or finger on the rod 11 which causes the pawl 16 to clear the teeth 15 and the spring 13, then ives a quick impulse to the rod 11 and rapid v rotates it so that the fans 30 gripping tie air, rise to ,ether with the stem 19 from the holding, (evice which comprises the lower portion of the toy containing the spring.

It will thus be seen that 1 provide a very simple and attractive toy which shows the principles of a flying machine.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent:-

L'An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a spring barrel, a rod, tubular at its upper end, extending longitudinally throu h the spring barrel and adapted to turn t erein, a pawl and ratchet connection between the rod and the spring barrel, said connection being broken by the longitudinal movement of the rod, a helical sprin connecting the rod with the s ring barre and teeth on the upper end of t 0 rod.

2. An apparatus of the kind described,

comprising a sgring barrel, :1 rod,'tubular at its upper en movable longitudinallg in the sprm barrel, a finger pin exten ing transverse y through the rod above the spring barrel, a pawl and ratchet connection between the rod and the spring barrel, said connection being broken by the longitudinal movement of the rod, a helical spring connecting the rod and spring barrel, and means at the upper end of the rod for detachably engaging a flying projectile.

3. An apparatus of the kind described,

comprising a springbarrel, a rod extending longitudinally through the spring barrel and mg tubular at its upper end and having teeth thereon, a pawl and ratchet connection between the rod and the spring barrel, said connection bei g broken by the ion itudinul movement of t 1e rod, and a projecti e having propeller blades, a pendent stem to enter the aforesaid hollow rod, and a pin; to engage the teeth of said rod.

JOHN HARDIMAN, CHARLES Ennnnn.

held toslide and rotate therein, said rod be- 15 

